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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The nannies on this board think ANY job should pay $20.

There are plenty of nannies that want to be a live in for various reasons and employers would hire them. The same goes for a nanny/housekeeper. There are plenty of nannies on the job market with great childcare AND light housekeeping/basic cooking experience.[/quote]

There is a difference between basic cooking for the kids now and then and actually cooking family meals on a regular basis. There is a difference between doing light housekeeping and doing all housekeeping which usually starts to include more deep cleaning (because why would you hire someone to do the regular housekeeping and not have them do some of the deep cleaning each month or every couple months as well?). Once you add in all the little extras from doing "basic" to doing a bit more, then the pay is going to go up per hour. You want someone that will not only be a nanny, but is interested enough in helping with all this cleaning and cooking (which is harder to find) and that means the costs go up a bit (harder to find someone means less applicants, less applicants means the market rate can be higher). Also, not sure what it is like in your area, but in mine, housekeepers are usually charging at least $20/hr unless they are illegal immigrants, and even some of them are charging $20+ if they have plenty of experience. Remember that rates vary by location and so in MY location, $20/hr is about what you are looking at for someone with at least some decent experience as a nanny, some experience cleaning and cooking and is willing to do all 3. So yes, I stand by the rate that I mentioned previously.

I know I would not do all that work for $15-16/hr when I can make that same rate (or more) for one child and only basic child cooking and cleaning. Cleaning can be very energy consuming, same with looking after energetic kids. To have someone do a bunch of cleaning, and watch 1 or more kids and then at the end of the day have to cook a meal for the family on top of all that can make for a very exhausting day. There is a reason parents don't want to do it all themselves, so they hire someone else to. But if I am doing all that, then I want to get paid a rate that is worth it. Sure, you might find some that are willing to do it for less, but many of those will also realize later on how much work it can be and might become resentful of their employers and angry at themselves for taking on such a position at that low rate.

Also, I don't think the OP mentioned anything about this being a live-in position so I don't know why you even mentioned that. [/quote]

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